SB 36: "An Act relating to applications requesting the delivery of absentee ballots by mail."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 36 01 "An Act relating to applications requesting the delivery of absentee ballots by mail." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 15.20.081(b) is amended to read: 04 (b) An application requesting delivery of an absentee ballot to the applicant by 05 mail must be either hand-delivered or mailed directly to the division of elections 06 by the applicant or by a person that is acting at the applicant's direction and that 07 is not a political group or political party. The application must be received by the 08 division of elections not less than seven days before the election for which the 09 absentee ballot is sought. A political group or political party may not encourage 10 or assist in a violation of this subsection. An application for an absentee ballot for a 11 state election from a qualified voter requesting delivery of an absentee ballot to the 12 applicant by electronic transmission must be received by the division of elections not 13 later than 5:00 p.m. Alaska time on the day before the election for which the absentee 14 ballot is sought. An absentee ballot application submitted by mail under this section 15 must permit the person to register to vote under AS 15.07.070 and to request an
01 absentee ballot for each state election held within that calendar year for which the 02 voter is eligible to vote. An absentee ballot application submitted by electronic 03 transmission under this section may not include a provision that permits a person to 04 register to vote under AS 15.07.070.